MindRDR is a

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app created by This Place, a

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and

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based user experience agency. MindRDR connects a Neurosky MindWave Mobile portable

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monitor to Google Glass and uses the EEG signal to control functionality on Google Glass. The MindRDR app can use the EEG signals to take a photo using the Google Glass camera, and then can share the picture to

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. The MindWave EEG sensor measures brainwaves and the MindRDR app interprets these brain waves as an input signal for activation of hardware on Google Glass; with high levels of concentration being used as a positive user gesture, and relaxation as a negative user gesture.

User interface

Within the app, users are presented with a live feed if the viewfinder with a

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overlay - a vertical line with a scale at the side and options to exit the app or take a photo at the top and bottom. The vertical line moves up and down the screen dependent on the signal from the EEG monitor, with higher levels of

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associated with

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moving the bar towards the top, and higher levels of brain waves associated with relaxation moving the bar towards the bottom. Once concentration levels get high enough, the camera captures a picture and the image remains on screen with the bar moving to allow the user to share to Twitter with a positive response, or discard the photo with a negative response.

Possible uses

The creators of MindRDR suggest that this tool could be used to help people with severe physical disabilities, such as

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and quadriplegia interact with the digital world, however there has been no research published as yet to show its efficacy.

References

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